stare down

"It's the color of your eyes today, " I sighed, surrendering, staring down at my hands as I fiddled with a piece of my hair.

With her chin on her chest and her eyes staring down, the reluctant farm girl followed Margaret to the back of the somber room.

The next morning, I wake to find the cat and the little dog sitting on either side of my chest and staring down at me.

He had his mouth full and was staring down at his plate, but I knew from his shoulders he was laughing.

She struggled, she began to cry out for mercy, but I held her fast, forcing back her head and staring down into her face.

For now, Microsoft seems to be staring down the Google threat, especially with large business customers.

The Director went suddenly pale, stopped struggling and stood, his hands on her wrists, staring down at her, horrified.

She was curled up in the window seat, staring down through the delicately etched panes at something below.

The cat was still there. It was staring down Privet Drive as though it were waiting for something.

"Uh? matt, " he said, standing on the dock and staring down into the launch. "This new place? a you say it's real good? "

Well, from one angle: with your back to the wall staring down the barrel of a gun.

Lieutenant Hearn stood for a time on the pilot 's hatch at the stern staring down into the troop well .

Varamyr could see the weirwood's red eyes staring down at him from the white trunk.

Actions include, among others things, staring down, resting, aiming, dodging , and, of course, shooting.

The orange Moon's dark markings and odd shape put the photographer in mind of an alien creature's face staring down at the passing ship.

Ishinomaki, Japan (CNN) -- The grandfather sits perched on a hill, staring down at the shell of an elementary school.

To one side stood a different category of rebel entirely: scruffy guys and gals staring down at their cell phones. They were tweeting.

So she moves again, and the voice tells her there are no fish in there. She looks up and sees an irritated man staring down at her.

Congress is back in session, and the House and Senate are staring down a pretty big deadline.

I am staring down the unknown, but one thing is certain. You could break my body, but you will never break my soul.

Jeyne Poole was staring down at Holly as the snowy blanket over her turned from white to red.

The kitchen counter, though, wasn't meant for office work, and after a short while my neck begins to strain from staring down at the screen.

'It felt like I was staring down the barrel of a shotgun, ' he says.

Another shows a perplexed cyclist staring down a chasm as the street drops off vertically before him.

It was standing quite still, staring down into the chalk-pit.

Ronald Reagan was staring down the Soviet Union.

Or, perhaps you are staring down at a new and interesting delicacy while on holiday.

On Wednesday, as yields on government bonds climbed to 7. 48 per cent, Italy was staring down the barrel.

And as long as China finds no better way to educate its rural poor, it's staring down a future with a 100 million-strong underclass.

It inspired lots of people to do the same, but to not wait till staring down the barrel of termination.

I glanced quickly at the scared young faces staring down at us from the school bus.

On that morning of November 28, 2008, bargain-hungry crowds were staring down guards and doormen across America.

Staring down at her, red dress